Project : Level 1

Course Description: Learn to identify the steps in project planning and work with tasks and resources.  Students will work through creating a project plan and learn the basics of MS Project.


Table of Contents

Lesson 1: Introduction to Project Management
          Topic 1A: Fundamentals of Project Management
          Topic 1B: Defining the Scope of the Project
                   Task 1B-1: Defining customer/client requirements
                   Task 1B-2: Developing a Work Breakdown Structure
          Topic 1C: Developing the Project Schedule
                   Task 1C-1: Prepare a precedence diagram
          Topic 1D: Assigning Project Resources
          Topic 1E: Saving the Project Baseline
          Topic 1F: Controlling Project Execution

Lesson 2: Starting a Project
          Topic 2A: Examining Microsoft Project 
                   Task 2A-1: Starting Microsoft Project 
                   Task 2A-2: Examining the major elements of the Microsoft Project window
                   Task 2A-3: Open a project file and display and hide toolbars
          Topic 2B: An Overview of the Planning Process
                   Task 2B-1: Examining the planning process
          Topic 2C: Defining Project Information
                   Task 2C-1: Defining basic project information
                   Task 2C-2: Entering task information
                   Task 2C-3: Assigning task durations
                   Task 2C-4: Examining the Planning Wizard
                   Task 2C-5: Saving the project file

Lesson 3: Outlining and Task Relationships
          Topic 3A: Organizing the Task List into an Outline
                   Task 3A-1: Creating subtasks
                   Task 3A-2: Adding milestones
                   Task 3A-3: Creating the Project Summary Task
                   Task 3A-4: Collapsing and expanding the outline
          Topic 3B: Linking Tasks and Observing the Critical Path
                   Task 3B-1: Linking tasks
                   Task 3B-2: Changing the Gantt Chart view timescale
                   Task 3B-3: Using the GanttChart Wizard to view the critical path
          Topic 3C: Modifying Task Relationships
                   Task 3C-1: Changing task predecessors
                   Task 3C-2: Linking tasks in a finish-to-finish relationship
                   Task 3C-3: Adding lead time
          Topic 3D: Constraints
                   Task 3D-1: Scheduling the project from the end date
                   Task 3D-2: An alternative method for scheduling from the end date
                   Task 3D-3: Applying the Start No Earlier Than constraint

Lesson 4: Adding and Assigning Resources
          Topic 4A: Creating and Assigning a Base Calendar
                   Task 4A-1: Creating a base company calendar
                   Task 4A-2: Creating a calendar for the Writer
                   Task 4A-3: Assigning a calendar to the project
                   Task 4A-4: Assigning a calendar to non-working days
                   Task 4A-5: Assigning a calendar to a task
          Topic 4B: Entering and Assigning Resources
                   Task 4B-1: Entering resources with the Resource Sheet
                   Task 4B-2: Entering resources with special information
                   Task 4B-3: Entering a material resource
                   Task 4B-4: Assigning calendars to groups of resources
                   Task 4B-5: Assigning resources by using the Assign Resources button
                   Task 4B-6: Defining resource calendars
          Topic 4C: Working with Project Costs
                   Task 4C-1: Working with fixed costs
                   Task 4C-2: Reviewing overall costs

Lesson 5: Analyzing the Project
          Topic 5A: Resolving Time Restrictions
                   Task 5A-1: Shortening the critical path by adding resources
                   Task 5A-2: Using fixed-duration scheduling
          Topic 5B: Resolving Resource Conflicts
                   Task 5B-1: Determining overallocated resources
                   Task 5B-2: Brainstorming possible solutions to the overallocation problem
                   Task 5B-3: Using the Level Now command

Lesson 6: Displaying Project Data
          Topic 6A: Exploring Views
                   Task 6A-1: Examining different views
                   Task 6A-2: Viewing tables
          Topic 6B: Generating Project Reports
                   Task 6B-1: Printing a view
                   Task 6B-2: Previewing the Milestones report
                   Task 6B-3: Modifying the format of a report
          Topic 6C: Using Drawing Tools
                   Task 6C-1: Adding drawing objects to the Gantt Chart
                   Task 6C-2: Formatting a drawn object

Lesson 7: Sorting and Filtering Data
          Topic 7A: Sorting Project Data
                   Task 7A-1: Sorting the Resource Sheet
                   Task 7A-2: Sorting and renumbering the Resource Sheet
          Topic 7B: Filtering Project Data
                   Task 7B-1: Applying a filter to the Resource Sheet
                   Task 7B-2: Using AutoFilter
                   Task 7B-3: Applying a filter to the Task Sheet
          Topic 7C: Creating Custom Filters
                   Task 7C-1: Defining a filter
                   Task 7C-2: Using AND to define a filter with multiple criteria
                   Task 7C-3: Using OR to define a filter with multiple criteria
                   Task 7C-4: Creating an interactive filter

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